Hacker News Way Back Machine

• Ask: What would you do/make if you never had to monetize it? · 57 points · by icky · 170 comments
• At 63, Israeli immigrant solves 38-year-old math riddle · 47 points · by edw519 · 10 comments
• Xkcd: Travelling Salesman Problem · 41 points · by bkrausz · 14 comments
• I quit · 39 points · by eibrahim · 31 comments
• Articles, Ideas, Books and/or Concepts that have changed your life · 32 points · by adammichaelc · 55 comments
• Two Startups Battle Over Who Invented Risk-Like War Game First · 31 points · by jmorin007 · 12 comments
• Many criminals are intelligent people with good heads for business and healthy appetites for risk · 30 points · by daviday · 28 comments
• Introducing the Google Ajax language translation API · 28 points · by bdfh42 · 7 comments
• Amazon EC 2 - What you may not have known · 27 points · by ericb · 6 comments
• The First Rule of Programming: It's Always Your Fault · 25 points · by sharksandwich · 14 comments
• First Vid of Dean Kamen's Miracle Water Distiller...on Colbert · 23 points · by paulsb · 17 comments
• Use attr_protected or we will hack you · 22 points · by pius · 9 comments
• (Job + Freelance)/2 = "Coworking" · 19 points · by maxtility · 2 comments
• Ask: where to find a part time programming job? · 19 points · by 0xdefec8 · 11 comments
• Wubi - Trying Linux on Windows · 19 points · by raghus · 5 comments
• Money buys happiness -- if you spend on someone else · 18 points · by alexwg · 1 comment
• What if the Singularity does not happen? · 17 points · by alexwg · 29 comments
• How long did your U.S. green card take? · 17 points · by makecheck · 26 comments
• Trying to commercialize university technology is a sucker trap · 16 points · by maxtility · no comments
• Ray Kurzweil on "I've Got a Secret" in 1965 [Video] · 16 points · by maxtility · 4 comments
• Make a living on software sales by ignoring pirates · 15 points · by alexwg · 2 comments
• Demo Day: "The first thing that struck me was the quality of the crowd." · 15 points · by perler · no comments
• Swotti: a semantic-web based, opinions aggregator · 14 points · by tzury · 9 comments
• GoCrossCampus · 13 points · by jakewolf · 19 comments
• Why OLPC Security Chief just resigned · 13 points · by alexwg · 4 comments
• How to Write a Company Blog · 11 points · by mindplunge · 7 comments
• Why Exxon Mobil won't produce more [oil] · 11 points · by wumi · 18 comments
• Security is Mathematics · 11 points · by cperciva · 1 comment
• Multicore programming "remains the province of an elite few" · 11 points · by ilamont · 12 comments
• What's your definition of 'winning'? · 11 points · by zellunit · 5 comments
• Peter Thiel: How to Invest in the Singularity [Video] · 10 points · by dingosa · 3 comments
• The end of traditional venture capital · 10 points · by alexwg · 1 comment
• GM: We'll Lose Our Shirts on the Volt, But That's OK · 10 points · by chaostheory · 3 comments
• Facebook Toast? Hot Today, Dead Tomorrow--Like AOL? · 10 points · by wave · 7 comments
• I raised enough to last me for years. You should too. Now. If you can. · 10 points · by alexwg · 9 comments
• YC applications are due - 3 questions to ask yourself · 10 points · by ivankirigin · 2 comments
• How to get work done on vacations · 8 points · by maxtility · 1 comment
• New tool automates your semantic web SEO · 8 points · by maxtility · 1 comment
• Ask: Where to get good feedback /prior/ to launch? Friends not competent enough to use mouse. · 8 points · by tim2 · 17 comments
• Ask YC: I enjoy my cage · 8 points · by klein_waffle · 21 comments
• Author of "Five reasons why a recession is a good time to start a company" responds to Hacker News · 8 points · by ilamont · 5 comments
• The rise of the Middle Web · 7 points · by dingosa · no comments
• Final words from Arthur C. Clarke · 7 points · by dingosa · 5 comments
• Getting Recommended · 7 points · by brett · no comments
• Start your own hedge fund · 7 points · by maxtility · 2 comments
• How Woz, Gil, and Ellen's SPAC went splat · 7 points · by raganwald · 1 comment
• Common Traits of Great Managers · 6 points · by byosko · no comments
• Search engine query length is doubling every 7 years · 5 points · by alexwg · no comments
• Web Sites Let Bibliophiles Share Books Virtually · 5 points · by kradic · no comments
• A large company that doesn't limit freedom · 5 points · by neilk · 1 comment
• Version 2.0 of mod_wsgi is now available. · 5 points · by iamelgringo · 1 comment
• "no indication that people with higher IQ are able to reach the top faster" · 5 points · by nickb · 9 comments
• The Unmistakable Trait of a Kick-ass Startup · 5 points · by drm237 · 2 comments
• Sequoia Voting Systems site hacked · 5 points · by drm237 · no comments
• Latest Blu-ray copy protection cracked · 5 points · by gongfudoi · 2 comments
• A MindMap of Python [Flash] · 4 points · by Alex3917 · no comments
• New Instruments of Surveillance and Social Control: Brain Hacking · 4 points · by Jd · 1 comment
• Locate startup mentors with "informational interviews" · 4 points · by alexwg · no comments
• Venture Hacks Branches Out From Blogging, Launches Recommendations System · 4 points · by transburgh · no comments
• Idealab rediscovers the physical world after a decade of launching dotcoms · 4 points · by alexwg · no comments
• How To Use Perks and Rewards in Startups to Get The Best Talent · 4 points · by jmorin007 · 2 comments
• iFund: just Kleiner Perkins' Java Fund all over again? · 4 points · by alexwg · no comments
• The latest AI approach to the game of Go · 4 points · by maxtility · no comments
• Are you living in a computer simulation? · 4 points · by alexwg · no comments
• How to be a premiere blogger · 4 points · by wumi · no comments
• What Motivates You? · 4 points · by gongfudoi · 2 comments
• There. Everwhere. But Here. · 4 points · by jmorin007 · no comments
• Use Google as a Vulnerability Scanner · 4 points · by psogle · no comments
• 6 million hits a day. Time to think scale! · 4 points · by jasonkester · no comments
• Amazon's new API automates fulfillment of shipments · 3 points · by maxtility · no comments
• How to protect your brand before you release your final product · 3 points · by alexwg · no comments
• Frugality in practice: using the public library · 3 points · by maxtility · no comments
• 170 Employees, 1 boss · 3 points · by auferstehung · no comments
• Ubuntu Linux Disk Encryption Benchmarks · 3 points · by gongfudoi · no comments
• Do college kids know how to program? · 3 points · by alarmist · 5 comments
• Gamma ray burst visible to the naked eye · 3 points · by ingenium · 1 comment
• Virtual and real blur in Eve Online · 3 points · by davidw · no comments
• Joost disappoints as next YouTube · 3 points · by prakash · 1 comment
• Danger of software patents being granted in the UK · 3 points · by bdfh42 · no comments
• Comparison between (Israel's) Silicon Wadi v Silicon Valley · 3 points · by cawel · no comments
• Ask YC: Why do so many people always write their own logger? · 3 points · by angstrom · 8 comments
• Social Bookmarking 2.0 - Diigo Sets The Standard for Others? · 3 points · by joel_liu · no comments
• Walmart Growth Video · 3 points · by prakash · no comments
• How DIYers Just Might Revive Western Innovation · 3 points · by bdfh42 · no comments
• Should Employers Use Social Network Profiles in the Hiring Process? · 3 points · by drm237 · no comments
• Apple moves first China store down the road, opens in summer · 3 points · by drm237 · no comments
• New Form of Vision Discovered · 3 points · by nickb · no comments
• Lazy Internet Troll Looking for Better Internet Job (nob hill) · 3 points · by motoko · no comments
• Apple Takes the Spyware-Style Low Road, Pushing Safari on Windows · 3 points · by jmorin007 · 2 comments
• Diigo Releases Version 3 - Beyond Bookmarks · 3 points · by joel_liu · 1 comment
• My generation doesn’t know how to be thrifty · 2 points · by edw519 · no comments
• Looking back at a computing icon · 2 points · by moog · no comments
• I am the very model of a Singularitarian [Video] · 2 points · by maxtility · no comments
• Idaho Turns to Chess as Education Strategy · 2 points · by smoody · no comments
• MacBook Air Blues - 3 Airs in 32 days · 2 points · by rochers · no comments
• I love my city, and so should you · 2 points · by jmacd · no comments
• Linux sysadmin tip: How To Extract Values From top And Plot Them · 2 points · by gongfudoi · no comments
• Shadow.sh: A simple directory shadowing script for Linux · 2 points · by gongfudoi · no comments
• Addressing Doubts about REST · 2 points · by gongfudoi · no comments
• PZ Myers gets expelled from intelligent design movie Expelled, but they overlooked his guest... · 2 points · by technoguyrob · no comments
• How to make Free Voice Call from Web browser · 2 points · by ravishankar · 1 comment
• Merely the best we’ve done so far · 2 points · by jmorin007 · no comments
• Talking beyond friendfeed and plaxo, etc. feedback welcome · 2 points · by wayland · 1 comment
• Safari 3.1 - may have broken your keyPress events · 2 points · by bdfh42 · no comments
• Advertising and the web - a match NOT made in heaven · 2 points · by GIMAD · no comments
• Nano-breakthrough: Dramatic Increase In Thermoelectric Efficiency · 2 points · by moog · no comments
• Is the MacBook Air a Dud? · 2 points · by buckpost · no comments
• Foreign investors veto Fed rescue · 2 points · by chaostheory · no comments
• A Modified Turing Test · 2 points · by ideambulate · no comments
• Camcorder Brings Zen to the Shoot · 2 points · by prakash · 1 comment
• New Google visualization API · 2 points · by prakash · no comments
• Intel researchers stretch Wi-Fi to cover 60 miles · 2 points · by jbrun · no comments
• Google chart API - daily limit lifted · 2 points · by r7000 · 1 comment
• Thoroughly Modern Do-Gooders · 2 points · by sanj · no comments
• Floors on Losses · 2 points · by sanj · 1 comment
• "Jason Garber Finishes SuperRedCloth For Me" -why · 2 points · by sant0sk1 · no comments
• Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron Beta Released · 2 points · by marrone · 3 comments
• Why Lucene isn't that good · 2 points · by chaostheory · 1 comment
• Six Principles for Making New Things · 2 points · by roovno · no comments
• Can you identify some article(s) that had a huge impact on your generation with respect to computing? · 2 points · by amichail · 1 comment
• Official - Mahalo is Spam, According to Google's Internal Spam Documents · 2 points · by transburgh · no comments
• Picotux - the smallest Linux Computer in the World · 2 points · by brooksbp · no comments
• Ask YC: Concurrent/multithreading programming books? · 2 points · by brooksbp · 2 comments
• How Federated Media is Pushing The Conversation To Potentially Create Innovation · 2 points · by drm237 · no comments
• Fly, Robot Fly · 2 points · by dskhatri · no comments
• Site reads your friendfeed then recommends news/blog articles · 2 points · by jgoss1074 · no comments
• Is Oprah Going to Save the Internet? · 2 points · by jmorin007 · 1 comment
• Rick Segal announces tour dates [lessons for VCs] · 2 points · by jmacd · no comments
• Monkey-patching is Part of the DIY Culture · 2 points · by gongfudoi · 1 comment
• What Happens To Bounced Donotreply.com E-Mails · 2 points · by dskhatri · no comments
• Making millions when the boss isn't looking · 1 points · by edw519 · no comments
• Photos: Flying car readies for takeoff in New York · 1 points · by edw519 · no comments
• Powered by the People · 1 points · by auferstehung · no comments
• MacBook Pro with SSD: Benchmarks · 1 points · by whalesalad · no comments
• Venture Capital Confidence Plunges · 1 points · by lanceweatherby · no comments
• Ask YC: What happened to Teledesic? · 1 points · by technoguyrob · 2 comments
• Harold Pinter's Nobel Lecture: Art, Truth & Politics · 1 points · by dgr · 2 comments
• Introduction to iptables · 1 points · by gongfudoi · no comments
• The professor as an open book · 1 points · by kradic · no comments
• Making Money by Giving Away Jobs · 1 points · by beancounter · no comments
• Microsoft forges first official link to Eclipse · 1 points · by gongfudoi · no comments
• The Fabric of Creativity · 1 points · by wumi · no comments
• TechCrunch: Our Master Plan · 1 points · by kuldeep_kap · no comments
• LinkedIn, Now For Companies · 1 points · by kuldeep_kap · no comments
• Ask YC: quitting job and starting a startup · 1 points · by akshaye · 11 comments
• GlTrail - realtime website usage visualization · 1 points · by iamelgringo · no comments
• Tribune Co. Posts $78M 4Q Loss · 1 points · by gibsonf1 · no comments
• Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize. · 1 points · by iamelgringo · no comments
• Skulls Of Modern Humans And Ancient Neanderthals Evolved Differently Because Of Chance · 1 points · by moog · no comments
• China and Darfur - Orchestrated I.T. assults? · 1 points · by vira · no comments
• All kind of fractals · 1 points · by tzury · no comments
• Mark Cuban to provide live hoops game in 3-D in Dallas theater · 1 points · by edw519 · no comments
• Billion-dollar IT failure at Census Bureau · 1 points · by edw519 · no comments
• MacBook’s mysterious WiFi dropout problem is still unsolved · 1 points · by edw519 · no comments
• Lessig Bets 'Wikipedia' Approach Will Transform Congress · 1 points · by edw519 · no comments
• Sony charges money to deliver clean pc · 1 points · by jauco · no comments
• Humor - 22 Signs You May Be Working for Sprint Nextel · 1 points · by GIMAD · no comments
• A Company Promises the Deepest Data Mining Yet · 1 points · by moog · no comments
• Socialized Compensation: The Government Bails Out Wall St's Bad Bets (NYTimes Editorial) · 1 points · by joshwa · no comments
• Ask YC: API Overload -- What are your favorites? · 1 points · by jraines · no comments
• White House Taps Tech Entrepreneur For Cyber Defense Post · 1 points · by Alex3917 · 1 comment
• 63-year-old solves riddle from 1970 · 1 points · by marrone · no comments
• Entrepreneur vs Wild (Bootstrapping) · 1 points · by jonmc12 · 1 comment
• Joost to launch a web version this year · 1 points · by Readmore · no comments
• Digsby = IM + Email + Social Networks · 1 points · by DustinMooney · no comments
• Bernanke's own home lost 260k in value · 1 points · by daviday · no comments
• An answer to PG's Boss essay · 1 points · by jakewolf · no comments
• Subversion for Designers · 1 points · by gongfudoi · no comments
• ASP.NET MVC Source Code Now Available - C# on RAILS? · 1 points · by bdfh42 · no comments
• Howto: Install Safari on Ubuntu with Flash · 1 points · by gongfudoi · no comments
• Wikirandom - Random articles from Wikipedia · 1 points · by peterpoe · 2 comments
• Sneak peek at OpenOffice.org 3.0 - Download Squad · 1 points · by sant0sk1 · no comments
• The Principle of Least Surprise · 1 points · by pchristensen · no comments
• America was conned - who will pay? · 1 points · by moog · no comments
• Authorities avert run on HBOS caused by false rumours · 1 points · by moog · no comments
• Steve Jobs changing tune on music subscriptions? · 1 points · by michjeanty · no comments
• The Hugo Sci-Fi Award nominees for 2008 have been announced · 1 points · by alexwg · no comments
• [Sunspots] The noodle edition · 1 points · by jmorin007 · no comments
• Economic Jargon. · 1 points · by michjeanty · no comments
• Time Tracking Resources · 1 points · by ctingom · no comments
• Andrew Conru biography: from Ph.D. to successful entrepreneur · 1 points · by alexwg · no comments
• Entrepreneur to head U.S. cybersecurity center · 1 points · by drm237 · no comments
• Swotti - A Semantic Opinions Aggregator · 1 points · by drm237 · no comments
• I Haven't Got a Myspace Because Myspace Fucking Sucks · 1 points · by pius · no comments
• Qcodo Framework: PHP5 code generator · 1 points · by brooksbp · no comments
• VentureHacks wants to help you get “venture-hitched.” · 1 points · by drm237 · 1 comment
• SIGGRAPH’s International Animation Competition Opens to Public · 1 points · by paul_reiners · no comments
• When Are Two Algorithms the Same? · 1 points · by drm237 · no comments
• Test-driven parsing with Python, Dparser and Doctest · 1 points · by brox · no comments
• Non-Shocker: People Want To Watch TV On TV, Web On PC · 1 points · by jmorin007 · no comments
• Why Warren Buffett is buying railroads · 1 points · by garbowza · no comments
• Developing Practical Quantum Computers · 1 points · by gongfudoi · no comments
• Ask HN: Is there some data-mining startup guys? · 1 points · by ahold · no comments
• Startup Office Fun- Halo 3 Plasma Rifle Laser Tag · 1 points · by jasonlbaptiste · no comments
• Ask News.YC: Pricing Social Network Site Built Costs · 1 points · by sosueme · no comments
• Mozilla CEO Blasts Apple's Safari Ploy · 1 points · by transburgh · no comments